Comparative air force enlisted ranks of Africa
Rank comparison of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel for air forces of African states.
Other ranks
Rank group | Senior NCOs | Junior NCOs | Enlisted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Algerian Air Force[1]
| No insignia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
مساعد أول Mosa'id awwal | مساعد Mosa'id | رقيب أول Raqib awwal | رقيب Raqib | عريف أول Earif 'awal | عريف Earif | جندي Jundiun | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Adjudant chef | Adjudant | Sergent chef | Sergent | Caporal chef | Caporal | Djoundi
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National Air Force of Angola[2]
| No insignia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sargento-mor | Sargento-chefe | Sargento-ajudante | Primeiro-sargento | Segundo-sargento | Sub-sargento | Primeiro-cabo | Segundo-cabo | Soldado | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Benin | No air force
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Botswana Defence Force Air Wing[3]
| No insignia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Warrant officer class 1 | Warrant officer class 2 | Staff sergeant | Sergeant | Corporal | Lance corporal | Private (or equivalent) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Burkina Faso Air Force[4][5]
| No insignia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Adjudant-chef major | Adjudant-chef | Adjudant | Sergent-chef | Sergent | Caporal-chef | Caporal | Soldat de première classe | Soldat de deuxeme classe
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Burundi | No air force
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Cameroon Air Force
| No insignia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Warrant Officer Class 1 Adjudant-chef | Warrant Officer Class 2 Adjudant | Flight sergeant Sergent-chef | Sergeant Sergent | Corporal Caporal-chef | Lance Corporal Caporal | Leading aircraftman Soldat Première | Aircraftman Soldat
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Cape Verde | No air force
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Central African Air Force
| No insignia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chief Warrant Officer Adjudant-chef | Warrant Officer Adjudant | Sergeant Major Sergent-major | Staff Sergeant Sergent-chef | Career Sergeant Sergent | Sergeant Sergent | Corporal Caporal-chef | Lance Corporal Caporal | Private First Class Soldat Première | Private Soldat
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Chadian Air Force
| No insignia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sergent-major | Sergent-chef | Sergent | Caporal | Soldat Première | Soldat
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Comoros | No air force
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Air Force of the DR Congo
| No insignia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Adjudant-chef | Adjudant de première classe | Adjudant | Premier sergent major | Sergent major | Premier sergent | Sergent | Caporal | Soldat de première classe | Soldat de seconde classe | Recrue
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Rank group | Senior NCOs | Junior NCOs | Enlisted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Congolese Air Force[6]
| No insignia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Adjudant-chef | Adjudant | Sergent-chef | Sergent | Caporal-chef | Caporal | Soldat 1ère classe | Soldat 2e classe
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Djibouti Air Force
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Adjudant-chef | Adjudant | Sergent-chef | Sergent | Caporal-chef | Caporal | Soldat Première | Soldat
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Egyptian Air Force
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مساعد أول Mosa'id awwal | مساعد Mosa'id | رقيب أول Raqib awwal | رقيب Raqib | عريف 'arif | جندي Jundi
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Equatorial Guinea Air Force
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Sergeant Major Brigada | Master Sergeant Sargento primero | Sergeant Sarjento | Senior Corporal Cabo primero | Corporal Cabo | Private Soldado de primera
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Eritrean Air Force
| No insignia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Master Sergeant | Staff Sergeant | Sergeant | Corporal | Private 1st Class | Private
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Ethiopian Air Force
| No insignia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ሲ ዋራንት ኦፊሰር Sī waraniti ofīseri | ጁኝር ዋራንት ኦፊሰር Junyiri waraniti ofīseri | ሻለቃ ባሻ Shalek’a basha | ሻለቃ መጋቢ ባሻ Shalek’a megabī basha | ሻምበል ባሻ Shamibeli basha | መጋቢ ሃምሳ አለቃ Megabī hamisa ālek’a | ሃምሳ አለቃ Hamisa ālek’a | አስር አለቃ Āsiri ālek’a | ምክትል አስር አለቃ Mikitili āsiri ālek’a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior warrant officer | Junior warrant officer | Command sergeant major | Staff sergeant major | First sergeant | Master sergeant | Sergeant | Corporal | Lance corporal | Private
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Gabonese Air Force
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Adjudant-chef major | Adjudant-chef | Adjudant | Sergent-chef | Sergent | Caporal-chef | Caporal | Soldat première | Soldat
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Gambia | No air force
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Ghana Air Force[7]
| No insignia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Warrant officer class I | Warrant officer class II | Flight sergeant | Sergeant | Corporal | Leading aircraftsman | Aircraftsman
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Guinea Air Force
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Major | Adjudant-chef | Adjudant | Sergent-chef | Sergent | Caporal-chef | Caporal | Soldat de 1ère classe | Soldat de 2ème classe
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Guinea-Bissau | No air force
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Ivory Coast Air Force[8]
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Adjudant-chef major | Adjudant-chef | Adjudant | Sergent-chef | Sergent | Caporal-chef | Caporal | Soldat de première classe | Soldat de seconde classe
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Kenya Air Force[9]
| No insignia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Warrant Officer Class 1 | Warrant Officer Class 2 | Senior Sergeant | Sergeant | Corporal | Lance Corporal | Aircraftman
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Lesotho Air Squadron
| No insignia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Warrant officer class 1 | Warrant officer class 2 | Staff sergeant | Sergeant | Corporal | Lance corporal | Private (or equivalent)
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Liberian Air Wing[10]
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Chief master sergeant | Master sergeant | Technical sergeant | Staff sergeant | Senior airman/woman | Airman/woman first class | Airman/woman | Airman/woman basic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank group | Senior NCOs | Junior NCOs | Enlisted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Libyan Air Force[11]
| No insignia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Master sergeant | Staff Sergeant | Sergeant | Corporal | Airman | Airman basic
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Madagascar Air Force[12]
| No insignia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Adjudant-major | Adjudant-chef | Adjudant | Sergent-major | Sergent-chef | Sergent | Caporal-chef | Caporal | Soldat
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Malawi Air Force
| No insignia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Warrant Officer Class 1 | Warrant Officer Class 2 | Staff Sergeant | Sergeant | Corporal | Lance Corporal | Private (or equivalent)
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Malian Air Force[13]
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Major | Adjudant-chef | Adjudant | Sergent-chef | Sergent | Caporal-chef | Caporal | Soldat de première classe | Soldat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mauritania Islamic Air Force[14]
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مساعد أول Mosa'id awwal | مساعد Mosa'id | رقيب أول Raqib awwal | رقيب Raqib | عريف 'arif | جندي Jundiun
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Mauritius | No air force
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Royal Moroccan Air Force[15]
| No insignia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Adjudant-chef | Adjudant | Sergent-major | Sergent-chef | Sergent | Caporal-chef | Caporal | Soldat de première classe | Soldat de deuxième classe
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Mozambique Air Force
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Intendente | Primeiro-sargento | Segundo-sargento | Terceiro-sargento | Cabo | Primeiro soldado
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Namibian Air Force[16]
| No insignia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Warrant officer class 1 | Warrant officer class 2 | Flight sergeant | Sergeant | Aircraftman | Leading aircraftman | Private (or equivalent)
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Niger Air Force
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Adjudant-chef | Adjudant | Sergent-chef | Sergent | Caporal-chef | Caporal | Soldat de première classe | Soldat
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Nigerian Air Force[17]
| No insignia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Air warrant officer | Master warrant officer | Warrant officer | Flight sergeant | Sergeant | Corporal | Lance corporal | Aircraftman
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Rwandan Air Force[18]
| No insignia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Warrant officer I | Warrant officer II | Sergeant major | Staff sergeant | Sergeant | Corporal | Private
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Rank group | Senior NCOs | Junior NCOs | Enlisted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
São Tomé and Príncipe | No air force
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Senegalese Air Force
| No insignia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Adjudant-chef | Adjudant | Sergent-chef | Sergent | Caporal-chef | Caporal | Soldat de première classe | Soldat
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Seychelles Air Force[19]
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Warrant officer class 1 | Warrant officer class 2 | Staff sergeant | Sergeant | Corporal | Lance corporal | Private (or equivalent)
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Sierra Leone | No air force
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Somali Air Force[20]
| No insignia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chief Warrant Officer Musharax Sarkaal | Warrant Officer Class 1 Sadex Xarígle | Warrant Officer Class 2 Laba Xarígle | Warrant Officer Class 3 Xarígle | Sergeant Sadex Alífle | Corporal Laba Alífle | Lance Corporal Alífle | Aircraftman Dable
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South African Air Force[21]
| No insignia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Warrant officer class 1 | Warrant officer class 2 | Flight sergeant | Sergeant | Corporal | Lance corporal | Aircraftman
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South Sudan Air Force
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Regimental Sergeant Major | Sergeant Major | Sergeant | Corporal | Lance Corporal | Private
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Sudanese Air Force[22]
| No insignia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
مساعد Mosa'id | رقيب أول Raqib awwal | رقيب Raqib | عريف 'arif | وكيل عريف Wakil 'arif | جندي Jundiun
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Swaziland | No air force
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Tanzania Air Force
| No insignia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Warrant officer class 1 Maafisa Wateule 1 | Warrant officer class 2 Maafisa Wateule 2 | Flight sergeant Sajenti Kuruka | Sergeant Sajenti | Corporal Koplo | Lance corporal Koplo Mdogo | Aircraftman Mtu Ndege
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Togolese Air Force[23]
| No insignia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Major | Adjudant-chef | Adjudant | Sergent-chef | Sergent | Caporal-chef | Caporal | Soldat de 1ère classe | Soldat de 2e classe
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Tunisian Air Force[24][25]
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وكيل أعلى Wakil 'aelaa | وكيل أول Wakil 'awal | وكيل Wakil | عريف أول Earif 'awal | عريف Earif | رقيب أول Raqib 'awal | رقيب Raqib | جندي أول Jundiun awwal | جندي متطوع Jundiun | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Major | Adjudant-chef | Adjudant | Sergent-chef | Sergent | Caporal-chef | Caporal | Soldat de 1re classe | Soldat
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Ugandan Air Force
| No insignia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Warrant officer class 1 | Warrant officer class 2 | Staff sergeant | Sergeant | Corporal | Lance corporal | Private (or equivalent)
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Zambian Air Force
| No insignia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Warrant Officer Class 1 | Warrant Officer Class 2 | Staff sergeant | Sergeant | Corporal | Lance Corporal | Private (or equivalent)
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Air Force of Zimbabwe[26]
| No insignia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Warrant officer class 1 | Master technician | Warrant officer class 2 | Master sergeant | Flight sergeant | Sergeant | Corporal | Senior aircraftman | Leading aircraftman | Aircraftman
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Rank group | Senior NCOs | Junior NCOs | Enlisted |
See also
- Comparative air force officer ranks of Africa
- Comparative army enlisted ranks of Africa
- Comparative navy enlisted ranks of Africa
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